Underground Railroad

Hendrick I. Lott House is a Dutch-American neighborhood house that has been sustained since 1720 (Croghan, 2015). This house is interconnected with slavery that occurred within people of African decent along with serving as a safe house along the Underground Railroad. The Hendrick I. Lott House is located at 1940 East 36th Street in Brooklyn, New York. The Lott House rests in the neighborhood known as, Marine Park. The house was originally purchased by Johannes Lott. Johannes Lott was a farmer…

an award for her bravery. She showed her bravery in the Civil War and when she helped with The Underground Railroad. Harriet showed that she was very brave when she was a spy for the Union in the Civil War. Before she was a spy for the Union she was a slave who escaped. Then she came back to where her family was and helped them escape. She was also known as the best “conductor” of the Underground Railroad. When she helped her family escape she realized that she could help other slaves get out.…

and became a leading abolitionist. Harriet Tubman successfully escaped from slavery in 1849, but returned many times to help rescue her family members, and friends. She led thousands of slaves to freedom as a conductor of ‘The Underground Railroad’. The Underground Railroad was a secret network of safe houses. When Tubman escaped, she feared that her family would be further severed, and feared for own her fate and life. The dynamics of escaping slavery changed in 1850, with the passage of the…

The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead, was published in 2016. The genre of this novel is historical fiction, focusing on the suffering of black people during the Pre-Civil war era. Slavery existed from the beginning of the 17th century until it was abolished in 1865. The novel tells the story of a young girl, a teenager named Cora, that is born into slavery. Her goal is to escape through the underground railroads to get to the northern free states. Cora after being raped and…

The Underground Railroad The “underground railroad” was an arrangement of houses and abolitionists who hid runaway slaves on their quest for freedom to Canada, before the civil war. Harriet Tubman, William Still, and Thomas Garrett played major roles in the railroad, from the formation to the operation of the railroad. Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the railroad, who would personally take trips south, and escort them the entire way to freedom. William Still was a conductor at the grand…

American slave who helped lead over three hundred slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman is my inspiration because she accomplished impossible tasks. Harriet Tubman’s dedication as a conductor in the Underground Railroad was the essential role of freeing slaves. Harriet Tubman began in the Underground Railroad when her owner died. She decided to escape from slavery at that time. She left behind her husband, John Tubman, who refused to leave with her and threatened to turn her in. The most important…

The woman from the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, created a hope for other slaves freedom by conducting the Underground Railroad. She was a slave herself and she wanted to help other slaves in need. Harriet Tubman risked at least two lives every time she went to save a slave in need of her help, Harriet's and the slave's (sometimes there were multiple slaves). She…

William Still. Harriet Tubman was a “conductor” who led over 300 fugitives to freedom in the northern states and Canada. Thomas Garrett’s role in the Underground Railroad was a “station master”, and he sheltered thousands slaves on their way to free territory. William Still, born a free black man, was an “agent”, meaning he helped fugitives find the railroad, as well as recorded their experiences.…

crying, since its wails could easily lead slave-catchers right into their path, putting all the runaways into danger (“Harriet Tubman” n.d.). In fact, when a white was acting suspiciously curious while observing her and other slaves, she would buy railroad tickets to go south, so that no one would suspect her of trying to run away. (“Harriet Tubman” Biography in Context, 2004) Raising someone’s suspicions of her and her fugitives’ whereabouts could put many lives at stake, including hers.…

Harriet Tubman was a slave who did things others couldn’t do. That was come up with the Underground Railroad and lead others to safety. It took courage and lots of ups and downs to get her and all the other slaves to freedom successfully. There are many different ways her success even happened. In the article “Leaders of the Civil War Era: Harriet Tubman”,it talks about how her success even helped with things political. She was asked to join Quaker volunteers to help free slaves. She even…